Global Pro Bono – What’s it Worth? (Part 2)
More and more companies are launching international corporate volunteering programs. So what do these companies get in return for their investment? What’s it really worth? This is the conclusion a...
View ArticleEmployee Volunteering Makes Shared Value Possible: The Transformative Value...
How is corporate volunteering and workplace giving essential to achieving the ambitions of Shared Value? Good question. Not everyone agrees that these types of programs have any role to play in Shared...
View ArticleMotivating Individuals to Commit to Corporate Volunteering
Thanks to Ester Zolotnitsky, a recent RW intern, for these insights on some of the factors that influence participation in corporate volunteering programs. Ester performed above and beyond expectations...
View ArticleEnriched Job Characteristics & Volunteering
Thanks to Alan Mendoza, a recent RW intern, for this summary of the characteristics that influence our motives for volunteering. Alan was an absolutely stellar intern for RW – we recommend you connect...
View ArticleWhen Disaster Strikes: 3 Tips for Staying Safe using Technology
The following is a guest post from James Rooney, senior manager for Microsoft’s Technology for Good program. It has been gently edited for the purposes of the RW blog. Do you and your family have a...
View ArticleMake Your Program As Popular As Disney’s Frozen
What is it about Frozen that has kids so enraptured? Nearly every modern day kids’ movie features good triumphing over evil, catchy songs, slapstick comedy, and great animation; Frozen is no different....
View ArticleDollars for Doers: Still the Incentive “Nobody Wants”?
Learn how to turn the incentive that nobody wants, into the one that everyone wants. And in the process, engage more employees than ever before. By Corey Diamond A few years ago, we wrote about how...
View ArticleManaging Employee Volunteering and Workplace Giving: There’s A Tool For That!
How do CSR practitioners choose the online platform that will best manage their employee volunteering and workplace giving programs? By Heidi Massey Selecting technology tools does not tend to be an...
View Article23 CSR & Corporate Volunteering Conferences – Where to Go – Fall 2014 (UPDATED)
Earlier this year, we posted a list of CSR conferences to keep you informed. A few extra details and a few new events have been added in recent months. Check out the updated list below! By Corey...
View ArticleCorporate Volunteering & Giving: Why Employees Determine Success
Your employees are evaluating the value proposition of your company’s volunteering and giving program against a truckload of options and personal commitments. If you don’t know what will motivate them,...
View ArticleNew Research: The Challenges and Solutions of Going Global
This research focuses on the particular challenges of global engagement and the solutions companies are using in the real world to overcome or minimize these challenges. By Angela Parker What’s the...
View ArticleA Tool for Volunteer Champions to Find Good Community Partners
Are you frustrated with how hard it is to find good nonprofits to partner with for your company’s employee volunteering and giving program? Here is a tool you can start using today to help solve that...
View Article6 Solutions for International Corporate Volunteering
Thinking about offering international volunteer opportunities through your company’s volunteering program? These opportunities can be rich for both personal and professional development, taking...
View Article3 Steps to Finding the Right Leaders for Employee Volunteer Teams
When it comes right down to it, the success of your company’s employee volunteering program rests on its ability to form, mobilize, and manage teams across all of the regions in which your company...
View ArticleTop 7 CSR and Employee Volunteering Trends & Challenges
Corporate volunteering and giving programs promise inspiring global impacts, but the short-term can be wrought with challenges. One of those challenges is simply a sense that you’re out there on your...
View ArticleThe Results are In! Volunteering Makes Your Employees Better
A constant topic of conversation here at Realized Worth revolves around the impact strategic employee volunteering programs have on businesses; how the link to employee engagement is undeniable. We...
View ArticleWhy CSR Strategies Fail: The Top 3 Myths
“If you fail to plan, you plan to fail”… right? I used to believe that the right plan would always yield the right result. Just follow the steps, stay the course, and celebrate the win. I then learned...
View ArticleIVCO Lima, 2014: We’ll Be There … Will You?
We attend a lot of conferences all over the world to learn from our peers, but often, like at this year’s IVCO, we go as speakers to share our experiences in the field. We hope to see you there! By...
View ArticleWhat is Skills-Based Volunteering?
Like most industries, the practice of corporate citizenship has a set of rules and unwritten codes. For example, there’s a general agreement that the path to deep community impact is through practicing...
View ArticleWorkplace Giving & Volunteering: The Stats Your Boss is Asking For
By now you’ve likely seen and read CECP’s incredible annual Giving in Numbers report. Released this week, the report is the preeminent recurring research study of our practice, polling more than 250...
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